Konductor made it into the InsideRIA Semi-Finals for Best RIA of the Year. If we come in the top 3, then we go to Adobe MAX 2009 for the final vote.
So make sure you vote for Konductor, it would mean a lot 
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Konductor in InsideRIA Semi-Finals
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009Vote for Konductor!
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009After months of stagnation, I have a brief request to make: vote for Konductor!
New Konductor Website Live
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009If you haven’t seen it already, check out the fancy new Konductor website. We’ve implemented the beautiful design that Casey did for us, and we have also added a bunch of new content as well. If you were wanting a little more information on who Konductor is targeted at, and what it brings to the table, make sure you take a peek. The new site is also running on Konductor, so check it out if you want to get a feel for the type of code it generates.
We also moved the Konductor blog and forums, and we are in the process of making these look pretty too.
The forums are now at http://forums.konductor.net/, rather than http://www.konductor.net/forums/. The new skin is up and looking good
The blog is now at http://blog.konductor.net/, rather than http://www.konductor.net/blog/. The new skin will be up in the next couple of weeks.
As far as the application goes, we have made a lot of progress, and we keep getting more and more excited with what we have. This is going to turn a lot of heads when we go live…
Links For 2009-01-22
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009Don’t worry, the whole links thing won’t become a regular feature of this blog – this is just a roundup of a few things I have wanted to post about recently but just didn’t have the time:
- There is a cool writeup about Konductor on O’Reilly’s InsideRIA blog (Even though it reads a bit like a blogvertisement in parts, it is very thorough)
- There a bunch of new videos about Konductor on our Youtube channel – if you want visual and aural updates of Konductor’s progress, then subscribe
- This one has been blogged to death already, but I am loving Big Spaceship’s Pretty Loaded – I hope they can keep adding new content
It has been a little barren on the blog lately, but I have a few posts I really want to write up about some really cool stuff we are doing with Dreamweaver extension development, so subscribe to the RSS feed and keep your eye open for it if you are into that kind of thing.
Oh, The Passion!
Thursday, November 6th, 2008There is an awesome write up on the Teknision blog regarding their work on the Konductor AIR application.
Gabor, John and especially Tony (I am always biased toward the developer 
) have really helped shape Konductor since beginning of the project. We started out with an idea, and, with their experience in planning and developing good UX, along with their ideas and discussions on how to apply AIR’s unique features, Konductor was really brought to life. We now have a slick application that is being rolled out to the public.
Not to sound like a broken record, but if you’re at Adobe MAX this year, come check our booth out. You can play with the application, and talk with Teknision and ourselves to find out how accomplished a lot of this. I’m sure you will be just as excited as we are about it!
Duane’s World Episode 13
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Exciting stuff – because we’re in it! I think the video gives a nice overview of what we do, and demonstrates pretty well how the the whole platform operates. It’s probably easier to just watch it then have me explain it…
http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1537v1001
Some portions of the Dreamweaver Extension and AIR application get a little cut out of view, but that is why we have a bunch of video’s demoing all the different aspects of the platform
Anyways, Adobe MAX is fast approaching, I’m looking forward to catching up with everyone there, and talking more about Konductor. I really think what we have will blow some minds. It will be great to finally see the guys at Teknision again too, who have been working hard on the AIR application on the other side of the continent.
Also, thanks Duane for taking the time to come check us out – Konductor does make AIR look pretty good though
Konductor Demonstration Videos
Monday, November 3rd, 2008I just posted 2 new demo videos on the Konductor blog.
I will go into a little more detail about exactly what is behind each of these functions, and what that does for you. (more…)
Konductor Pre-release Now Open!
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Hey guys, just thought you might be interested in knowing that the Konductor pre-release is now open! Better sign up now, it’s filling up very fast!
Dreamweaver Goodness
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008I has been a little while since updates, but there has been a reason for that – I have been working hard! I know a lot of Konductor’s focus is on the AIR application, and for good reason, but the Dreamweaver extension definitely warrants some attention too.
I will post more detailed information soon, but here is what we’ve got working in the extension since the demo video:
- Automatic updates (this is an exciting one for me – big thanks to the Extension Manager CS4 team for making this super easy in the new version!)
- Menu management using standards compliant XHTML and CSS (again, this looks great in Dreamweaver CS4 as you now get the nice, accurate WebKit rendered previews for dropdown menus)
- Intuitive interface (if something is not right with your design, or has a chance of causing some problems, the designer is made aware of this and offered the likely solution with the click of a button – this is huge for new designers, as Dreamweaver can be a little daunting at times…)
Also, I’ve been working with the pre-release builds of Dreamweaver CS4 and Extension Manager CS4, and they really do add a lot of cool new features. To be perfectly honest, when I started playing around with the new Dreamweaver I thought it was just CS3 with a new skin, WebKit rendering, and Subversion support. But after using it, and especially after developing for it, I have found that it adds a lot of value. More on that later too.
Anyways, thats it for now. Stay tuned for more updates, there is a lot of exciting stuff coming down the pipe.
Encoded Passwords In *.ste Site Definition Files
Thursday, August 28th, 2008UPDATE: You can either encode or decode a Dreamweaver password using the form in this post.
I came across a little undocumented behaviour in the Dreamweaver API the other day. The Site.importSite() function (which will import a site from a Dreamweaver site definition file, or *.ste) expects the pw attribute of the remoteinfo element to be encoded… but as what? (more…)